Corn-drying rack.



A. VANv ROEKEL.

GORN DRYING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.I5,191o.

1,069,911 3. Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

ABRAHAM VAN ROEKEL,

0F ORANGE CITY, IOWA.

CORN-DRYING RACK.

Application led September 15, 1910.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM VAN RonKnL, a. citizen 0f the United States, residing at Orange City, Sioux county, State of Iowa, have invented a certain newv and useful Corn-Drying Rack, of which the following is a specilication.

The object of my invention is to provide a. corn drying rack which is exceedingly simple in construction and which is supported on legs so that the corn is beyond the reach of such destructive creatures as rats and mice.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved corn drying rack, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

The rectangular frame 10 is mounted on legs 11. The open sides of the frame are covered with a. lined lattice-work for holding the corn during the drying operation. This lattice-work consists of horizontal strips or wires'12 suitably spaced, and vertical strips or wires 13. The wires are suitably secured to the frame `as by means of staples 14. The points where the wires cross are preferably welded or woven as indicated at 15. The wires on opposite sides of the frame are substantially in alinement so that the ears of corn may be properly supported by the wires. If the rack is of considerable Specification of Letters Patent.

length an intermediate partition 16 is em- Patented Aug. 12,1913.

serial No. 582,113.

ployed, the horizontal wires being fastened to this partition. The supporting legs 11 may be readily stamped or bent out of sheet metal, the end legs being of substantially inverted V-shaped form, while the center supporting leg is of substantially upright V-shaped form.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the Unit-ed States is:

In combination, a corn drying rack, an open frame, said frame comprising three upright members and cross pieces for forming the top and bottom of said frame, and means for securing said parts together, a lattice work of wire fastened over the open sides of said frame for supporting the ears of corn, and means attached to said frame for supporting the same above the ground, said means consisting of a pair of legs, each comprising a single strip of sheet metal bent to form tw'o ,downwardly diverging extensions and fastened to the frame at the bend of said strip, and a V-shaped leg secured to the bottom of said frame on the underside thereof, substantially as and for the purposes described.

his ABRAHAM 1 VAN ROEKEL.

Y. mill' W itnesses GERRIT KLAY,

Gr. J. SLo.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

